Oops: After Threatening Hacker With 440 Years, Prosecutors Settle for a Misdemeanor

Thanks in part to America’s ill-defined hacking laws, prosecutors have enormous discretion to determine a hacker defendant’s fate. But in one young Texan’s case in particular, the Department of Justice stretched prosecutorial overreach to a new extreme: about 440 years […] For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net…

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Facebook to Pay $10 Million to Settle Privacy Suit

Facebook Inc has agreed to pay $10 million to charity to settle a lawsuit that accused the site of violating users’ rights to control the use of their own names, photographs and likenesses, according to court documents. The lawsuit, brought by five Facebook members, alleged the social networking site violated…

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Facebook, FTC Settle over Privacy Deceptions

Social Network Names Two Chief Privacy OfficersFacebook promises to give consumers clear and prominent notice and obtaining express consent before their information is shared beyond the privacy settings they have established. View full post on CUInfoSecurity.com RSS Syndication View full post on National Cyber Security

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